Nicholas J. Cepeda

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Cepeda is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Cepeda has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Cepeda's work include Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (7 papers). Nicholas J. Cepeda is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (7 papers). Nicholas J. Cepeda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Nicholas J. Cepeda's co-authors include Harold Pashler, Doug Rohrer, John T. Wixted, Edward Vul, Arthur F. Kramer, Shana K. Carpenter, Tina Weston, Faria Sana, Tom Chau and Sylvain Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Cepeda

30 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.

2006 1.2k citations Nicholas J. Cepeda, Harold Pashler et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function

2011 493 citations Sylvain Moreno, Ellen Bialystok et al. Psychological Science profile →
Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers

2012 427 citations Tina Weston, Nicholas J. Cepeda et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Speed isn't everything: complex processing speed measures mask individual differences and developmental changes in executive control 2013 ·Developmental Science ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, (unknown), Yuko Munakata	101
2	Spacing, Testing, and Feedback: Helping Students Overcome Forgetting. 2012 ·Education Canada ·Irina V. Kapler, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Tina Weston	2
3	Diminished But Not Forgotten: Effects of Aging on Magnitude of Spacing Effect Benefits 2012 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series B ·Patricia M. Simone, Matthew C. Bell, Nicholas J. Cepeda	23
4	Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function breakdown → 2011 ·Psychological Science ·Sylvain Moreno, Ellen Bialystok, Raluca Barac, E. Glenn Schellenberg, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Tom Chau	493
5	Spacing effects in real‐world classroom vocabulary learning 2010 ·Applied Cognitive Psychology ·(unknown), Nicholas J. Cepeda, Irina V. Kapler	127
6	When simple things are meaningful: Working memory strength predicts children’s cognitive flexibility 2009 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·(unknown), Nicholas J. Cepeda, Yuko Munakata	51
7	Optimizing Distributed Practice 2009 ·Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Noriko Coburn, Doug Rohrer, John T. Wixted, Michael C. Mozer, Harold Pashler	208
8	Why do children perseverate when they seem to know better: Graded working memory, or directed inhibition? 2007 ·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Yuko Munakata	42
9	Enhancing learning and retarding forgetting: Choices and consequences 2007 ·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ·Harold Pashler, Doug Rohrer, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Shana K. Carpenter	208
10	Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis. breakdown → 2006 ·Psychological Bulletin ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Harold Pashler, Edward Vul, John T. Wixted, Doug Rohrer	1152
11	Temporal Spacing and Learning 2006 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Harold Pashler, Doug Rohrer, Nicholas J. Cepeda	3
12	When Does Feedback Facilitate Learning of Words? 2005 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition ·Harold Pashler, Nicholas J. Cepeda, John T. Wixted, Doug Rohrer	318
13	Methylphenidate Effects on Task-Switching Performance in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2001 ·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Arthur F. Kramer, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Manuel L. Cepeda	55
14	Changes in executive control across the life span: Examination of task-switching performance. 2001 ·Developmental Psychology ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Arthur F. Kramer, (unknown)	471
15	General and task-specific frontal lobe recruitment in older adults during executive processes: A fMRI investigation of task-switching 2001 ·Neuroreport ·Gregory J. DiGirolamo, Arthur F. Kramer, (unknown), Nicholas J. Cepeda, Daniel H. Weissman, Michael P. Milham, Tracey Wszalek, Neal J. Cohen, Marie T. Banich, Andrew Webb, Artem V. Belopolsky, Edward McAuley	194
16	Task Switching and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 2000 ·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Manuel L. Cepeda, Arthur F. Kramer	177
17	Strategic effects on object-based attentional selection 1999 ·Acta Psychologica ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Arthur F. Kramer	21
18	Spatial selection via feature-driven inhibition of distractor locations 1998 ·Perception & Psychophysics ·Nicholas J. Cepeda, Kyle R. Cave, Narcisse P. Bichot, Min‐Shik Kim	107
19	Memory for visual motion. 1997 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance ·Randolph Blake, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Eric Hiris	59
20	Unitary correlates of linguo-pharyngeal events in a dyskinetic rat model 1991 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology ·Luis A. Marco, (unknown), Nicholas J. Cepeda, (unknown)	1

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